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Selected Verse: Genesis 49:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 49:27 |
Strong Concordance |
Benjamin [01144] shall ravin [02963] as a wolf [02061]: in the morning [01242] he shall devour [0398] the prey [05706], and at night [06153] he shall divide [02505] the spoil [07998]. |
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King James |
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
BENJAMIN (Gen 49:27-33)
shall ravin like a wolf--This tribe in its early history spent its energies in petty or inglorious warfare and especially in the violent and unjust contest (Jdg. 19:1-20:48), in which it engaged with the other tribes, when, notwithstanding two victories, it was almost exterminated. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "Benjamin - a world, which tears in pieces; in the morning he devours prey, and in the evening he divides spoil." Morning and evening together suggest the idea of incessant and victorious capture of booty (Del.). The warlike character which the patriarch here attributes to Benjamin, was manifested by that tribe, not only in the war which he waged with all the tribes on account of their wickedness in Gibeah (Judg 20), but on other occasions also (Jdg 5:14), in its distinguished archers and slingers (Jdg 20:16; Ch1 8:40, Ch1 8:12; Ch2 14:8; Ch2 17:17), and also in the fact that the judge Ehud (Jdg 3:15.), and Saul, with his heroic son Jonathan, sprang from this tribe (Sa1 11:1-15 and 13; Sa2 1:19.). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf - It is plain, Jacob was guided in what he said by a spirit of prophecy, and not by natural affection, else he would have spoken with more tenderness of his beloved son Benjamin, concerning whom he only foretells, that his posterity should be a warlike tribe, strong and daring, and that they should enrich themselves with the spoil of their enemies, that they should be active in the world, and a tribe as much feared by their neighbours as any other; in the morning he shall devour the prey which he seized and divided over night. |
27 Benjamin [01144] shall ravin [02963] as a wolf [02061]: in the morning [01242] he shall devour [0398] the prey [05706], and at night [06153] he shall divide [02505] the spoil [07998].
28 All these are the twelve [06240] [08147] tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]: and this is it that their father [01] spake [01696] unto them, and blessed [01288] them; every [0834] one [0376] according to his blessing [01293] he blessed [01288] them.
29 And he charged [06680] them, and said [0559] unto them, I am to be gathered [0622] unto my people [05971]: bury [06912] me with my fathers [01] in the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850],
30 In the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Machpelah [04375], which is before [06440] Mamre [04471], in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which Abraham [085] bought [07069] with the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] for a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913].
31 There they buried [06912] Abraham [085] and Sarah [08283] his wife [0802]; there they buried [06912] Isaac [03327] and Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802]; and there I buried [06912] Leah [03812].
32 The purchase [04735] of the field [07704] and of the cave [04631] that is therein was from the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
33 And when Jacob [03290] had made an end [03615] of commanding [06680] his sons [01121], he gathered up [0622] his feet [07272] into the bed [04296], and yielded up the ghost [01478], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971].
19 The beauty [06643] of Israel [03478] is slain [02491] upon thy high places [01116]: how are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] !
1 Then Nahash [05176] the Ammonite [05984] came up [05927], and encamped [02583] against Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568]: and all the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559] unto Nahash [05176], Make [03772] a covenant [01285] with us, and we will serve [05647] thee.
2 And Nahash [05176] the Ammonite [05984] answered [0559] them, On this [02063] condition will I make [03772] a covenant with you, that I may thrust out [05365] all your right [03225] eyes [05869], and lay [07760] it for a reproach [02781] upon all Israel [03478].
3 And the elders [02205] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559] unto him, Give us seven [07651] days [03117]' respite [07503], that we may send [07971] messengers [04397] unto all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478]: and then, if there be no man to save [03467] us, we will come out [03318] to thee.
4 Then came [0935] the messengers [04397] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], and told [01696] the tidings [01697] in the ears [0241] of the people [05971]: and all the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058].
5 And, behold, Saul [07586] came [0935] after [0310] the herd [01241] out of the field [07704]; and Saul [07586] said [0559], What aileth the people [05971] that they weep [01058]? And they told [05608] him the tidings [01697] of the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003].
6 And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon Saul [07586] when he heard [08085] those tidings [01697], and his anger [0639] was kindled [02734] greatly [03966].
7 And he took [03947] a yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and hewed them in pieces [05408], and sent [07971] them throughout all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478] by the hands [03027] of messengers [04397], saying [0559], Whosoever cometh not forth [03318] after [0310] Saul [07586] and after [0310] Samuel [08050], so shall it be done [06213] unto his oxen [01241]. And the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] fell [05307] on the people [05971], and they came out [03318] with one [0259] consent [0376].
8 And when he numbered [06485] them in Bezek [0966], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] thirty [07970] thousand [0505].
9 And they said [0559] unto the messengers [04397] that came [0935], Thus shall ye say [0559] unto the men [0376] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568], To morrow [04279], by that time the sun [08121] be hot [02527], ye shall have help [08668]. And the messengers [04397] came [0935] and shewed [05046] it to the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003]; and they were glad [08055].
10 Therefore the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559], To morrow [04279] we will come out [03318] unto you, and ye shall do [06213] with us all that seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto you.
11 And it was so on the morrow [04283], that Saul [07586] put [07760] the people [05971] in three [07969] companies [07218]; and they came [0935] into the midst [08432] of the host [04264] in the morning [01242] watch [0821], and slew [05221] the Ammonites [05983] until the heat [02527] of the day [03117]: and it came to pass, that they which remained [07604] were scattered [06327], so that two [08147] of them were not left [07604] together [03162].
12 And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Who is he that said [0559], Shall Saul [07586] reign [04427] over us? bring [05414] the men [0582], that we may put them to death [04191].
13 And Saul [07586] said [0559], There shall not a man [0376] be put to death [04191] this day [03117]: for to day [03117] the LORD [03068] hath wrought [06213] salvation [08668] in Israel [03478].
14 Then said [0559] Samuel [08050] to the people [05971], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to Gilgal [01537], and renew [02318] the kingdom [04410] there.
15 And all the people [05971] went [03212] to Gilgal [01537]; and there they made Saul [07586] king [04427] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Gilgal [01537]; and there they sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and there Saul [07586] and all the men [0582] of Israel [03478] rejoiced [08055] greatly [03966].
15 But when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], the LORD [03068] raised them up [06965] a deliverer [03467], Ehud [0164] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], a man [0376] lefthanded [0334] [03225]: and by him [03027] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] a present [04503] unto Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124].
17 And of Benjamin [01144]; Eliada [0450] a mighty man [01368] of valour [02428], and with him armed men [05401] with bow [07198] and shield [04043] two hundred [03967] thousand [0505].
8 And Asa [0609] had an army [02428] of men that bare [05375] targets [06793] and spears [07420], out of Judah [03063] three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505]; and out of Benjamin [01144], that bare [05375] shields [04043] and drew [01869] bows [07198], two hundred [03967] and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505]: all these were mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
12 The sons [01121] of Elpaal [0508]; Eber [05677], and Misham [04936], and Shamed [08106], who built [01129] Ono [0207], and Lod [03850], with the towns [01323] thereof:
40 And the sons [01121] of Ulam [0198] were mighty [01368] men [0582] of valour [02428], archers [01869] [07198], and had many [07235] sons [01121], and sons [01121]' sons [01121], an hundred [03967] and fifty [02572]. All these are of the sons [01121] of Benjamin [01144].
16 Among all this people [05971] there were seven [07651] hundred [03967] chosen [0977] men [0376] lefthanded [0334] [03027] [03225]; every one could sling [07049] stones [068] at an hair [08185] breadth, and not miss [02398].
14 Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].